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I am writing with reference to your e-mail of 24 .January 2005 in which you requested "information on u.f.o sightings from 1900 to 2004." Your request has been passed to this office as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence about 'UFOs.'

I should inform you that this department holds details of UFO sightings reported to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) spanning a 25 year period. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. Before any of this information can be released personal data has to be removed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Clearly, if we were to process copies of all these records the costs would quickly exceed the permitted £600 limit set for compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and as provided by Section 12 of the Act, the Ministry of Defence is not obliged to comply with your request. If however, if you could be more specific about the information you are seeking we may be able to assist you

In the meantime, you may wish to be aware that there is already some information about UFOs available for public viewing. MOD files on UFOs were routinely destroyed after 5 years until 1967 when they were generally preserved for The National Archives. A few have survived before 1967 and these together with records up to 1977 are now available for viewing. The National Archives can be contacted at Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or by telephone on 020 8876 3444. The National Archives also have a website giving information about the records they hold and how to access them. This can be found on the internet at http://www.nationalarchives.go.uk. The Ministry of Defence Freedom of Information Publication Scheme also contains documents relating to the well known events in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk in 1980 and the final report of the Flying Saucer Working Party in 1951. These can be accessed via the internet at trttp://www.foi.mod.uk. A search in the Scheme under 'UFO' will take you to this information. We are looking to see if further information can be made available to the public and we are currently compiling a database of reports which we intend to publish in the MOD Freedom of Information Publication Scheme at the end of June 2005.

I hope this is helpful.

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The Applicant has made the following reguest for information:

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A search of all the UFO report and correspondence files for reports from Oldham for the full ten year period would exceed the £600 limit.

I have, however, told the applicant that we are compiling a database of reports and have searched the years that are currently completed (2002 -2005). This has produced only one relevant record, the details of which have been provided to the applicant.

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I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for details of all UFO sightings in the Oldham area in the last 10 years. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for the delay in replying.

This department holds details of UFO sighting reports made to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) spanning a 25 year period. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. They are not segregated by geographical area. The costs of searching all of this information for reports specifically from Oldham for a full 10 year period would exceed the £600 limit set for compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, to assist the public we are in the process of compiling a database of UFO reports and this has now been completed for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005. I have made a search through these records and have found one report from Oldham, the details of which are as follows:

21/06/04 17:55 Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester. Large black cigar object seen, over the Greenfield area.

With regard to your request for details of the outcome of the investigation into the sighting, I should inform you that the Ministry of Defence does not carry out investigations into UFO reports, but examines them solely to establish whether they provide any evidence that the United Kingdom's airspace might have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised air activity. Unless there is a potential threat to the United Kingdom from an external source, we do not attempt to identify the precise nature of each sighting reported to us. We believe that rational explanations, such as aircraft lights or natural phenomena, could be found for them if resources were diverted for this purpose, but it is not the function of the MOD to provide this kind of aerial identification service. It would be an inappropriate use of defence resources if we were to do so.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWlA 2HB. If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http:/ /informationcommissioner. gov. uk.

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I would like to request the following information: Details of all reported UFO sightings in the Oldham area in the past ten years including dates, time, details of reported sighting, any investigation findings etc. Please can you send this information as Word attachments or PDF files to the following email address: [email protected] If this is not possible, then please · of the information to the ~address Oldham Advertiser,~

Please can you notify me straight away if you do not possess this information or if you · holds it. My telephone number is Please call me if you need any further details to comply with this request. Could you also indicate, by return, how long you anticipate it will take for me to recfeive this information?

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Records of UFO sightings in Oxfordshire.


An explanation of the records we hold has been given to the applicant, plus details of why it is not possible to search all of the records for reports from Oxfordshire.

Our UFO database is now complete from 2002 to 2005 and a search of these records has revealed two reports which are relevant. Details of these have been provided to the applicant.


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I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for reports of UFO sightings in Oxfordshire. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for the delay in replying.

This department holds details of UFO sighting reports made to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) spanning a 25 year period. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. They are not segregated by geographical area. Clearly, the costs of searching all of this information for reports specifically from Oxfordshire would exceed the £600 the limit set for compliance with the Freedom oflnformation Act 2000. However, to assist the public we are in the process of compiling a database of UFO reports and this has now been completed for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005. I have made a search through these records and have found two reports from Oxfordshire the details of which are as follows:

14/10/03 06:56 at Whitney, Oxfordshire. Very large object, with flashing lights. 02/12/03 01:30 at Thame, Oxfordshire. A loud noise like a balloon deflating was heard,

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Details held by the MOD of all previously unpublished UFO sightings and reports of alleged contact with extra-terrestrials in Scotland since the Second World War. Also copies of internal and external written communications relating to each reported incident.


The applicant has been informed that we do not hold information back to the Second World War and been given details of UFO information held at The National Archives.

With regard to records still held by the MOD the applicant has been informed why we can not supply all the information he is seeking. However, our UFO database is now complete from 2002 to 2005 and a search of this has revealed 47 reports which are relevant to this request. Brief details of these have been provided in the attached Annex.


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I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for previously unpublicised UFO sighting reports in Scotland since the Second World War. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for the delay in replying.

I should inform you that the MOD files on UFOs were routinely destroyed after 5 years until1967 when they were generally preserved for the National Archives. A few have survived before 1967 and these together with records up to 1977 are now available for viewing. The National Archives can be contacted at Ruskin A venue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or telephone 020 8876 3444. The National Archives also have a website containing an on-line catalogue of the records they hold and how to access them. This can be found on the internet at http://www.nationalarchives.go.uk.

Details ofUFO sightings reported to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) from 1978 to date are currently held by the MOD. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. They are not segregated by geographical area. In order to identify the reports from Scotland for this entire period, it would be necessary to conduct a manual search of thousands of paper records and the costs of such an exercise would exceed the permitted £600 limit set for compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and as provided by Section 12 of the Act, the Ministry of Defence is not obliged to comply with your request. However, we can advise you that in order to assist the public we are compiling a database of UFO sightings reported to the MOD which we intend to publish in the near future. To date we have completed this for the years 2002-2005 and a search of these records has revealed 4 7 reported sightings from Scotland during this period. I note that you requested copies of this information, but I should advise you that before we release this information all personal details about the individuals would have to be removed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. I estimate that the cost of do this for all 4 7 records would also exceed the permitted limits. However, for your information I have prepared a list containing brief details of each sighting and this is attached at AnnexA.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this respect, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB. If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www .informationcommissioner. gov. uk.

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.. ANNEXA

DATE TIME LOCATION DESCRIPTION PROVIDED 01/01102 22.30 St. Andrews, Fife Glowing white flashing light. 22/02/02 22.30 Leven, Fife One object, a white ball which flashed and became very bright. 13/03/02 20.05 Shotts, Strathclyde A saucer shaped object with a white tail. Was the brightest thing the witness had ever

seen. 25/03/02 18.50 Newport on Tay, Fife One bright orange/red cigar shaped object that was seen over the sea. 30/05/02 01.50 Dumfries One object that was white and very bright. It was moving vertical, very fast. 10/06/02 01.30 Carron, Morayshire One flashing object that had blue, green, yellow and red lighting. 21/08/02 11.00 Fortrose, Highlands Small torpedo shaped object with a white or silver triangular reflector to one side. 26/08/02 00.00 Dundee, Tayside Strange red and white lights seen through curtains. Then there was a solid red beam

outside the window for about five to ten seconds. 10/09/02 23.23 Hamilton, Strathclyde Three objects, each of which had two bright orange lights, in a triangular formation.

Seemed to swap places with each other 10/09/02 19.45 Tibbermore, Tayside One small, bright, oval shaped object. The object seemed to elongate as it got closer. 11/09/02 10.40 Kirkcaldy, Fife Three hanging silver rods. They were drifting slowly, then became bright silver and

then faded away 24/11102 20.00 Bohuntine, Highlands Round orange shaped object, with pale green lights shining out in all directions. A

possible halo. 08/01/03 22.00 Coaltown of Balgonie, Changing shape. Strong blue, green and red lights pulsating lights. Jumbo Jet sized.

Fife. 10/01103 Stirling. Two aircraft type objects flying next to each other. Both had vapour trails. 13/01103 07.40 Dunkeld, Tayside. Distant object moving from side to side. Bright light, brighter than any star. Went dim

from time to time 19/01/03 18.03 Stonehaven, Grampian Three bright lights forming a triangle. Hovering not moving 25/05/03 23.00 Sandyford, High and bright object. No anti-collision lights.

Lanarkshire. 25/05/03 23.05 Kilmacolm, Strathclyde. Large bright light.

28/05/03 23.20 St. Leonards, East Kilbride Huge white ball that was glowing. Looked like a flying jellyfish.

The National ArchivesUFO MOD Scotland Tabulated list of UFO reports received by MoD from Scotland between 2002-2005.

• ANNEXA

08/08/03 22.35 West Kilbride, Ayrshire A star shaped object. Witness watched for a few minutes, then it dropped from the sky like a bomb.

10/08/03 23.15 West Kilbride, Ayrshire A few round spheres 17/08/03 23.45 Bonnybridge, Central. UFO sighting. 19/08/03 23.30 St. Seithins, Perthshire Object with two white lights and one red and one orange in the middle, both flashing 29/12/03 01.50 Nr Bamton Pk, Edinburgh, A steady bright light in the sky resembling the front of a helicopter.

Lothian. 02/01/04 04.30 Ayr, Strathclyde A square red object, pinkish at the front. 17/03/04 22.30 EdinburEh, Lothian. Fast moving bright light. 02/04/04 12.30 West Kilbride, Ayrshire. One sphere. 15/04/04 22.20 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Yell ow sphere. Very bright. 16/04/04 22.40 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Yell ow sphere. 16/04/04 22.55 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Yell ow sphere. 10/05/04 22.47 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Two yellow spheres, going at a tremendous speed. 15/05/04 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Two spheres. 17/05/04 West Kilbride, Ayrshire One sphere 19/05/04 22.20 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Large bright sphere. 25/05/04 West Kilbride, Ayrshire One sphere 30/05/04 12.15 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Five bright spheres flying beside each other. 01/06/04 00.00 Hamilton, Lanarkshire Bright light, flashing and making engine noises. 02/06/04 00.35 Hamilton, Lanarkshire Bright, white flashing light, making engine noises. 16/08/04 23.35 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Five spheres flying together. 09/09/04 23.20 Dumfries, Dumfries & Strange lights over the town.

Galloway 10/10/04 10.15 Strath Bongo/Glasgow, A wide test tube shape, that moved from the South East.

Strathclyde 12/10/04 20.07 Dumfries, Dumfries & Strange lights over the town

Galloway 26/11/04 21.00 West Kilbride, Ayrshire At least 25 yellow spheres, in groups of five, flying North over West Kilbride

ANNEXA

10112/04 17.25 Broxbum, Edinburgh, Ball of fire, with a tail five to seven times the diameter of the ball. Bright orange with a Lothian weaker orange tail. Possibly a meteorite.

15/02/05 01.00 Greenock, Strathclyde Large yellow conical shape. 06/04/05 23.00 West Kilbride, Ayrshire One yellow sphere that was very bright and fast. Moving from West to North East. 07/04/05 23.15 West Kilbride, Ayrshire Three spheres, moving from West to North East

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Please can I inspect a list of all reports of Unidentified Flying Objects in the London Boroughs of Camden, Islington and Westminster since June 1 2000. Information should include files, documents, e-mails, letters, photographs etc. Information can be anonymised where appropriate.


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I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for information about UFO sighting reports in the London Boroughs of Camden, Islington and Westminster. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for not replying sooner.

The MOD does not hold lists of UFO sightings. This department holds details of UFO sightings reported to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) spanning a 25 year period. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received and are not segregated by geographical area. This means in order to locate UFO reports from the areas you have specified it would be necessary to conduct a manual search ofhundreds of paper records, the cost ofwhich would be likely to exceed the £600 limit for compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. However, to assist members of the public we are in the process of constructing a database of the UFO reports we have received and while this has not yet been completed for the full period of your request, the years 2002 to date have now been finished and a search of these has revealed only one report during this period relevant to your request. A copy of the report and the MOD's response is attached for your information. Personal details about the individual who made the report have been removed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWlA 2HB. If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate each case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www .informationcommissioner .gov. uk.

Yours sincerely

Ministry of Defence Directorate of Air Staff- Freedom of Information 5th Floor, Zone H-0 I Main Building Whitehall LONDON SW1A2HB

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Our Reference: D/DAS/64/2 Date: 12 May 2004

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I am writing with reference to your report of an 'unidentified flying object', seen on 25 April 2004, the details of which you left on our answerphone. This office is the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence relating to 'UFOs.'

First, it may be helpful if I explain that the Ministry of Defence examines any reports of 'unidentified flying objects' it receives solely to establish whether what was seen might have some defence significance; namely, whether there is any evidence that the United Kingdom's airspace might have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised air activity.

Unless there is evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom from an external military source, and to date no 'UFO' report has revealed such evidence, we do not attempt to identify the precise nature of each sighting reported to us. We believe that rational explanations, such as aircraft lights or natural phenomena, could be found for them if resources were diverted for this purpose, but it is not the function of the MOD to provide this kind of aerial identification service. It would be an inappropriate use of defence resources if we were to do so.

With regard to your particular observation, I can confirm that we received no other reports of 'UFO' sightings for 25 April 2004 from anywhere in the UK. We are satisfied that there is no corroborating evidence to suggest that the United Kingdom's airspace was breached by unauthorised military aircraft.

Yours sincerely

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(Duration of sighting.) 08.50L

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3. Exact position of observer. Not given Geographical location. (Indoors/outdoors, stationary/moving.)

4. How object was observed. Not given (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, camera or camcorder.)

5. Direction in which object was Moved from right to left, then dissapeared first seen. over Primrose Hill. (A landmark may be more helpful than a roughly estimated bearing.)

6. Approximate distance. About a mile away and 500ft up in the sky.

7. Movements and speed. Not given (side to side, up or down, constant, moving fast, slow)

8. Weather conditions during Not given observation. (cloudy, haze, mist, clear)

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Many thanks for your clear n'~"'"'1t~ possible could you email me at

My request is as follows:

safely and if to confirm receipt.

Please can I inspect a list of all reports of Unidentified Flying Objects in the London Boroughs of Camden, Islington and Westminster since June 1, 2000. Information should include files, documents, e-mails, letters, photographs, etc. Information can be anonymised where appropriate.

I understand that under the guidelines, you have 20 days (from May 31 2005) to respond to my request. After that time you should inform me of what information exists and provide me with the requested information, subject to any exemptions. If no information relating to this request exists, I should be informed as soon as possible.

If you need any clarifications or any further information, please feel free to contact me at the points detailed below.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Many thanks


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Case Number: 13-06-2005-094118-002 Expiry:8 July 2005


Details- including date, place, description, investigation outcome, of all UFO sightings over Essex and Suffolk during 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.


Between 2002 and 2005 there have been 11 UFO sighting reported from Essex and 2 from Suffolk. Brief details have been provided

asked for details of the outcome of investigations into the . An explanation of our limited interest in these issues has been

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e Dear~ I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for details of UFO sightings in Essex and Suffolk. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for not replying sooner.

Please see below details of 11 UFO sighting reports received from Essex and 3 from Suffolk between 2002 and 2005, as requested.

ESSEX

DATE TIME LOCATION 07/03/02 19:45 Hornchurch

31/05/02 23:00 Harlow

18/09/02 19:20 Halstead

04/10/02 20:30 South end 11/04/03 22:21 Stansted 09/01/04 22:30 Thaxted

09/04/04 17:57 Greater Chesterford

29/08/04 03:05 Loughton

10/10/04 22:15 Colchester

11/11/04 14:15 IIford

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SUFFOLK

DATE TIME LOCATION 23/10/02 07:02 Woodbridge

01/12/03 Woodbridge

01/03/04 20:00 Lowestoft

DESCRIPTION Two semi circular, elliptical shapes dully illuminated yellow and white. There was a faint murmur. Two very large disc type aircraft, that were white and had a dull glow. Display of three lights in a sort of star shape. The lights were in formation, circling. One white very small object, very high up in the sky. A ball of fire, very bright, with no colour Strange light in the sky, that was watched for one and a half hours. 60ft long symmetrical object

The object was white, hazy and round and had no noise Bright orange/red colour object, rapidly and randomly changing direction from East to West. The object was the size of a round beach ball and black. Looked disc shape when stationary in the sky_. A spaceship with aliens (the greys), sitting on top of it, above the bungalow.

DESCRIPTION Large silver triangle which then changed shape. Was clouded in a ink and reen haze Looked like an unusual aircraft, but with strange li hts. Yellow lights in a circular formation. A flash shot across the sk and then the li hts went out.

With regard to your request for details of the outcome of investigations into the sightings, I should inform you that the Ministry of Defence does not carry out investigations into UFO reports, but examines them solely to establish whether they provide any evidence that the United Kingdom's airspace might have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised air activity. Unless there is a potential threat to the United Kingdom from an external source, we do not attempt to identify the precise nature of each sighting reported to us. We believe that rational explanations, such as aircraft lights or natural phenomena, could be found for them if resources were diverted for this purpose, but it is not the function of the MOD to provide this kind of aerial identification service. It would be an inappropriate use of defence resources if we were to do so.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact me in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB. If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www. informationcomm issioner .gov. uk.

Yours sincerely

Ministry of Defence Directorate of Air Staff - Freedom of Information 5th Floor, Zone H...--oJ Main Building Whitehall LONDON SW1A2HB


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Case Number: 01-06-21 005-175335-007 Expiry: 29 June 2005


How many unidentified flying objects have been reported over the skies of North Lincolnshire (the area covered between Barton and Epworth, including Scunthorpe) in the last 5 years?

Where and when were these UFOs reported? Who reported them? What were they reported to be doing? For the incidents above, can I also see the results of any investigations, or explanations into what these UFOs may have been.


An explanation of the records we hold has been given to the applicant, plus why it is not possible to conduct a manual search of paper records for the whole period of the request.

While not covering the whole period of the request, our UFO database is now complete from 2002 to 2005 and a search of these records has failed to reveal any UFO reports from the area specified.


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e Dear I am writing concerning your Freedom of Information request for details ofUFO sightings over North Lincolnshire for the past 5 years. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for the delay in replying.

This department holds records of UFO sightings reported to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) from 1978 to date. They are not held electronically or segregated by geographic area, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. It is possible that amongst these documents there are reports from North Lincolnshire, but in order to gather the information you are seeking for a full 5 year period, a manual search of hundreds of paper records would be required. It has been assessed that the cost of such an exercise would exceed the permitted £600 limit set for compliance with the Freedom oflnformation Act and as provided by Section 12 of the Act, the Ministry of Defence is not obliged to comply with your request. However, in order to assist members of the public with enquiries about UFO sightings, this department is currently compiling a database of UFO reports and this has now been completed for records from 2002 to date. I have made a search through these records and have found that there have not been any UFO sightings reported to us over the skies of North Lincolnshire, covering the areas of Barton, Epworth or Scunthorpe for those years.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of handling this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB. If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www .informationcommissioner. gov. uk.

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e Dearsirs, Under the Freedom of Information Act, can I please have details of the following:

How many unidentified flying objects have been reported over the skies of North Lincolnshire (the area covered between Barton and Epworth, including Scunthorpe) in the last 5 years? Where and when were these UFOs reported? Who reported them? What were they reported to be doing? For the incidents above, can I also see the results of any investigations, or explainations into what these UFOs may have been.

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I am writing concerning your request for information about the events near Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk in December 1980. Your message has been passed to this department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence about 'unidentified flying objects'.

The records the MOD holds on these events have been released into the public domain and can be viewed on the Internet in the MOD Freedom of Information Publication Scheme at www.foi.mod.uk. Please use the search link on the left hand side of the Home page and search under UFO, then go to Correspondence and this will enable you to see scanned images of these documents. The Publication Scheme also contains a statement of our policy on UFOs and a copy of the final report of The Flying Saucer Working Party dated June 1951. You may also wish to look at the Reading Room where there are some of the replies to the Freedom of Information requests we have answered about UFOs since the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in January this year.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB.

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Could you please provide me with details of the(Bentwater air base)"England" Rendlesham forest UFO incident of christmas 1980,the incident which was captured on video and sound recorded,by american personnel 1 servicemen.

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• AUTHORISATION FOR THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION Applicant- Kent on Sunday

Case Number: 13-06-2005-111507-005 Expiry: 7 July 2005


1. Please could you provide me with information kept of UFO sightings over Kent, including the London boroughs of Bromley and Bexley, during the last 50 years?

2. Could you give me copies of all ministerial correspondence from the last two years on the subject of vibrations caused by Shoeburyness Firing Range in Essex?


is co-ordinating the reply to this request and has asked FO part of the request. A draft response is attached.

We do not hold information for the past 50 years, but the applicant has been informed how they can access information up to 1977 at The National Archives. We hold information from 1978 to date, but a search of all of these records UFO sightings in Kent would exceed the £600 limit so this has been refused. I have however, conducted a limited search of the records we have compiled on our UFO database and details of the few found for Kent have been provided.

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• With regard to your request for information about UFO sightings over Kent, during the last 50 years, I should inform you that the MOD files on UFOs were routinely destroyed after 5 years until 1967 when they were generally preserved for the National Archives. A few have survived before 1967 and these together with records up to 1977 are now available for viewing. The National Archives can be contacted at Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or telephone 020 8876 3444. The National Archives also have a website containing an on-line catalogue of the records they hold and how to access them. This can be found on the internet at http://www .nationalarchives.go.uk.

Details of UFO sightings reported to the MOD and public correspondence about UFOs (some of which also contain sighting reports) from 1978 to date are currently held by the MOD. These records are not held electronically, but are filed on paper files in the order in which they were received. In order to identify all of the record fer Kent, it would be necessary to conduct a manual search of thousands of paper records and e costs of such an exercise would exceed the permitted £600 limit set for compliance wit the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

~ -aR-9 As provided by Section 12 of the Act, the Ministry o efence is not obliged to comply with your request. However, we can advise you that in order to ssist the public we are compiling a database of UFO sightings reported to the MOD which we· tend to publish in the near future. To date we have completed this for the years 2002 to te and recorded a few reports in 2001. A search of these records has revealed several reports rom Kent and details of these are attached at Annex A. Personal data about those who m de these reports has not been provided in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

I hope this is helpful.

ANNEXA

DATE TIME LOCATION DESCRIPTION WITNESS 21-9-2001 04.00- Ashford Ship/craft on the right hand side of the A2070 heading 1 adult

06.50 towards Ashford. Then hovered over Ashford for some time.

27-7-2003 18.00- Gravesend Silver ball in the sky for about an hour. Disappeared and 1 adult 19.00 & then returned again at 20.55. 20.55

14-8-2003 18.00 Southfleet Unusual object with flashing lights. Not like an aircraft, 1 adult more like reflections from the sun.

17-11-2003 02.25 Bromley 20-30 red flashing lights in the sky accompanied by a 2 adults and a whirring noise. The witness called the Police who using a child. lamppost as a marker concluded that the lights were zigzagging across the sky. The crew of a Police helicopter airborne at the time also saw the lights and they thought they might be lights of aircraft on the approach in to London Heathrow.

9-4-2004 19.30 Dimchurch An object flying very fast, then disappeared. 2 adults 2-9-2004 23.50 Deal Very bright, large object. Approximately two miles away 1 adult

and two mile up in the sky. Was going down and the witness thought it might have landed on Kingsdown beach. He did not think it was a shooting star.

2005 Not Whitstable Strange lights in the sky. 1 adult Date not known, known Report received 27-1-2005 27-5-2005 15.15 Westcliffe, Kent Small white object that appeared to be moving parallel to 1 adult.

an airliner.

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Ministers attach great importance to correspondence being answered promptly, and your reply should be sent within 15 working days of the above date. If, exceptionally, this should prove impossible, an interim reply should be sent within the same timescale. You should be aware that No·lO periodically calls for a sample ofletters sent by officials on the PM's behalf for his perusal.

Most correspondence involves some form of request for information- even if it is only a request for clarification of Government policy- and is therefore covered by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from January 2005. In general, if you meet the deadline for responding to correspondence, and comply with any requests for information, there is no need to do anything differently as this will meet the·requirements of the Act.· However, if the correspondence requests information which is not already in the public domain, and which might need to be withheld, then you should treat it as a FOIA request, track it using the Access to Information toolkit, and comply with the separate FOI guidance from DO Info (see http://aitportalldefault.aspx for details). However, the deadline for responding to correspondence will still apply. If you are in any doubt as to whether a piece of correspondence should be treated as an FOIA request, you should ask your FOI Focal Point or refer to the guidance produced by DO Info.

It is vital that branches ensure they have simple systems to record and track correspondence received from members of the public. This information should be regularly monitored and reviewed against the targets for answering correspondence published in the Spending Review 2000 Service Delivery Agreement for the Ministry of Defence.

As part of our monitoring procedure, random spot checks on the accuracy of your branch records on correspondence will be performed throughout the year.

Ministerial Correspondence Unit Floor 5, Zone Main Whitehall, SWlA 2HB

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A crew of a police helicopter airborne at the time also confirmed the ligNs but they thought they might be lights of aircraft on the approach in to LHR. However Swanick M.i1 declared that there were no aircraft in the approach pattern at that time aU aircraft Or.R their radar were at high level.,

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At Reference, you asked whether the report su~mitted by Sgt~om New Scotland Yard, through Pit O~C Neatishead, regatding "20-30 red flashing lights in the sky accompanied by a whirring noise" at 0225hrs op 17 Nov 03 at Bromley in Kent, represented anything of air defence interest. CRC Neatishe~d have reviewed the radar tapes for the time period specified and other than routine air traffic in th~ area, nothing additional was detected in the area despite good radar coverage. Therefore, I can ~ow confirm that the incident does not represent anything of air defence interest.

1 7 November 2003

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\ 03. CREDIBLE WITNESS REPORT DATED 3 NOVEMBER 1999. -1. In line with our current policy, please find below a 'UFO' report which you may wish to be aware of Although the report was originally from a member of the public, these lights were also seen by Police Officers and a Police helicopter crew. Swanwick and RAF Neatishead have also become involved. I would be grateful if you could let me know if the report represents anything of air defence interest.

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I am writing concerning your request for information about an incident at RAF Boscombe Down on 26th September 1994 which has been passed to this department for action. I apologise for not sending you a response sooner.

I understand there have been press reports in the past alleging that an aircraft crashed at Boscombe Down on this date, but I can inform you that on 1 December 1994 the then Minister of State for the Armed Forces, the Hon Nicholas Soames MP, in answer to a Parliamentary Question from the late Martin Redmond confirmed that despite press reports at the time, there was no crash at the unit on that date. The only flying that took place that night was the launch of two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters in support of an exercise.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB.

If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

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Response Format Requested: lt:::e~le~c~tr~o:.::n~ic:___~----l] Language Requested Welsh

*Enter the request for information:

September 26th 1994 at RAF Bascombe Down an apparent incident occured on the runway involving some type of aircraft, possibly belonging to the United States. Please could you give more insight onto what happened and what type of aircraft was involved.

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you for the reply and information, please accept my apologies for not having been able to respond to you sooner as I have been away on business and leave a lot recently and am just starting to catch up with my emails.

llliiiiiiliank you again.

Dear

I am writing in response to your requests for information from the Ministry of Defence regarding the United States Visiting Force (USVF) in the UK and US exchange officers, based in the UK. I apologise for not responding sooner.

There are a number of military installations in the UK, with a variety of functions, which are made available to the USVF under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Status ofForces Agreement of 1951; details of these and the number of USVF personnel (military and civilian) posted to these installations are attached at Annex A to this letter. Please be advised that the number of personnel can vary slightly due to turnover of posts.

In our letter of 31st March we provided you with numbers of US military personnel stationed, as part ofthe USVF in the UK, this table is reproduced below:

US Service Number

Army 375

Air Force 10,166

Navy 713

Marines 67

Total 11__1_321 .. A small number of US mthtary personnel who are not part ofthe visiting force are also stationed in the UK as exchange officers and at the US Embassy.

With regard to your question about jurisdiction, I can inform you that neither US Military Police nor USAF security personnel have any jurisdiction over British civilians.

Details of the British military units where US military staff are posted as exchange

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officers is attached at Annex B to this letter as requested .

Finally, with regard to your question about a US military liaison office, I can inform you that there is no individual office within the MoD which conducts such a task. Various branches within the MOD liaise with US authorities as necessary on a variety of subjects.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWlA 2HB.

If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www.infonnaJioncoil:1lllissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Directorate of Air Staff- Freedom of Information 5th Floor, Zone H Main Building Whitehall LONDON SW1A2HB

22nd June 2005

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Case Number: 08-02-2005-091654-004 Expiry: 07/03/05


1) Information/reports the MOD have in relating to any Unidentified Flying Objects or unidentified phenomena or Unidentified objects, whether reported by the general public or by military personnel working for the MOD or subcontracted to the MOD, for Wales in the UK from the year 1~D=20Q9.

2) Any information the MOD have relating to UFOs reported in the B,recon, Po~~ area in the last 10 years.

3) Any information the MOD have relating to parliamentary MP's or Prime Ministers comments and/or reports and/or meetings in relation to Unidentified Flying Objects or unusual phenomena which can't be explained.

4) A copy of financial records currently held by the MOD in relation to what it spends in researching and/or investigating Unidentified Flying Objects in the UK, of if too broad, Wales, UK.


1 &2) We could not fully comply with the request as the amount of information requested would have exceeded the £600 permitted by the Freedom of Information Act. I looked through the database of the years 2002, 2003, 2004, and up to date 2005 and found 28 reports from Wales, including Brecon in Powys. 3) As to the question of there being Prime Ministers comments, we have informed the applicant that there have been no such meetings in recent years. 4) Finally with regards to the spending we do not carry out investigations into the sightings so there are no such records held.

Draft of letter enclosed also.

Authorisation


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From Directorate of Air Staff - Freedom of Information 1

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 5th Floor, Zone H, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1 A 2HB

Telephone (Direct dial) 020 7218 2140 (Switchboard) 020 7218 9000 (Fax)

Your Reference:

Our Reference: 08-02-2005-091654-004 Date: 14 June 2005

I am writing concerning your request for information/reports relating to UFO sightings to the Ministry of Defence. Your request has been passed to this Department as we are the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence regarding UFOs. I apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

First, it may be helpful ifl explain that the Ministry of Defence does not have any expertise or role in respect of 'UFO/flying saucer' matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial lifeforms, about which it remains totally open-minded. I should add that to date, the MOD knows of no evidence which substantiates the existence of these alleged phenomena. The Ministry of Defence examines any reports of UFOs' it receives solely to establish whether what was seen might have some defence significance; namely, whether there is any evidence that the United Kingdom's airspace might have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised air activity. Unless there is evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom from an external source, and to date no 'UFO' report has revealed such evidence, we do not attempt to identify the precise nature of each sighting reported to us. We believe that rational explanations, such as aircraft lights or natural phenomena, c